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Play It to the Bone

Play It to the Bone (2000)

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Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 78
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 69

Flat characters and uninspired comedy yield forgettable results.

17

Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 20

Flat characters and uninspired comedy yield forgettable results.

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Average Rating: 2.7/5
User Ratings: 10,180

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Movie Info

After covering baseball in Bull Durham, basketball in White Men Can't Jump. and golf in Tin Cup, writer, director, and obvious sports fan Ron Shelton takes on the world of boxing in this comedy. Vince Boudreau (Woody Harrelson) and Cesar Sota (Antonio Banderas) are close friends and aspiring boxers struggling on the lowest rungs of the fight game. When a major boxing promoter needs to fill out the card for a heavyweight bout in Las Vegas, Vince and Cesar both get the call to head out to Sin

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Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy

Ron Shelton

Aug 28, 2001

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All Critics (93) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (69) | DVD (8)

This is still Ron Shelton in good -- not great, but good -- form here, and the rewards are plentiful.

January 1, 2000
Film.com
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Lacks the pizazz of Shelton's best stuff.

January 1, 2000
Chicago Tribune
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Play It to the Bone isn't going to be a contender.

January 1, 2000
Boston Globe
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By the end, the fight means everything to them and virtually nothing to us.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
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...Shelton's second-best idea for a boxing movie.

August 28, 2002 Full Review
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

I didn't watch Play It To The Bone - I sat through it.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
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Audience Reviews for Play It to the Bone

Awful, unfunny comedy and not good drama that just make you lost time and an opportunity of watch a really great film. Rotten.
February 10, 2012
Lucas Martins

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really fun flick to watch if you wanna see something brainless but entertaining
January 25, 2007
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